Tony Charles

About me

I am an experienced psychotherapist, offering short and long term therapy to individuals, couples, and families. My training (in various models / methods) enables me to provide a safe containing space in which we can, together, explore and work towards sustainable change.

‘The difference that makes the difference…’

Family and Systemic psychotherapist

Family & Systemic Therapy provides effective help for people with an extraordinarily wide range of difficulties. The range covers childhood conditions such as conduct and mood disorders, eating disorders, and drug misuse; and in adults, couple difficulties and severe psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia. Throughout the life span, it is shown to be effective in treatment and management of depression and chronic physical illness, and the problems that can arise as families change their constitution or their way of life.

Humanistic Integrative

Humanistic counselling (such as Person-centered) is a holistic approach that believes in the ability of people to reach their own potential. It facilitates growth of personal awareness through the clients experience within the counselling relationship. The integrative approach sees every individual as unique, therefore drawing from other approaches (such as Psychodynamic), enabling me to adjust to the needs of the client. The private practice has risen out of wealth of experience, I have gained over the years, enabling me to provide you with an individual therapeutic experience, opening doors to change and understanding.My training also included Short Term Counseling, Psychiatry, Psychopathology and Psychodynamics, CBT.

Training, qualifications & experience

MSc in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy

Adv PG Dip Humanistic Integrative Counselling

As a member of:

BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy)

AFT (Association of Family Therapy and Systemic Practice)

UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy)

I am bound by its Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy and subject to the Professional Conduct Procedure therein.

I receive ongoing supervision.

Over the past 28 years, I have been working in various social care, community roles, which included adult/ children residential care, therapeutic assessment centres.

In my current consultancy post as a Family & Systemic Psychotherapist, I provide therapeutic consultations, training to organisations, social care units, which includes clinical sessions/support for families, couples and individuals. I also spend part of my working week within Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS).

The Private Practice in the Central London area, at which I’m offering sessions to individuals, couples and families, has risen out of a wealth of experience I have gained over the years, enabling me to provide you with a personalised therapeutic experience, opening doors to change and understanding.

Fees

50 min Individual session – £60

60 min Couples session – £80

60 min family session – £90

Further information

Coming to see someone, to talk about highly personal issues and feelings, is not usually easy. However, talking to a trained professional is a good way to begin to ease the anxiety you are experiencing. Having the time and space, just for you to think about you, exploring what is hindering your well being.